HOW TO SCRATCHBUILD IN ‘N’ GAUGE
Grahame Hedges recreates the rear façade of a real building, using a novel approach to scratchbuilt construction.
PHOTOGRAPHY: GRAHAME HEDGES
This is a short article about the construction of a model building called Telephone House, based on the real structure in London Bridge Street, SE1, near to London Bridge station. The feature wall, the one that will face the front of my layout and be viewable, is the rear of the actual building with the decorative façade facing away onto London Bridge Street.
The building has changed over the years, particularly the roof, as well as occupancy and use (it is now a hotel), and my aim was to try and base it on its 1970s/1980s incarnation. Having found an aerial photo online, it could be seen that the roof was originally a peak pitched one, rather than the mansard (see panel right) type it later became, and there was a deep recess towards the right-hand end that had later been filled in.